In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Up to that time I never realised that I possessed any particular gift of discovery, but Lord Rayleigh, whom I always considered as an ideal man of science, had said so and if that was the case, I felt that I should concentrate on some big idea.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (ADVP (RB Up)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT that) (NN time))))
(NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB never))
(VP (VBD realised)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBN possessed)
(NP (NP (DT any) (JJ particular) (NN gift))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN discovery)))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (NP (NP (NNP Lord) (NNP Rayleigh)) (, ,)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP whom))
(S (NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB always))
(VP (VBD considered)
(PP (IN as)
(NP (NP (DT an) (JJ ideal) (NN man))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN science)))))
(, ,))
(VP (AUX had)
(VP (VBD said) (ADVP (RB so))
(S (CC and)
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (DT that))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (DT the) (NN case)))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD felt)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD should)
(VP (VB concentrate)
(PP (IN on)
(NP (DT some) (JJ big) (NN idea)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And yet, you possessed the knowledge to charm my advisors.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (CC And) (ADVP (RB yet)) (, ,)
(NP (PRP you))
(VP (VBN possessed)
(NP (DT the) (NN knowledge)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (NN charm)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NNP advisors))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Because I possessed everything concerning CDs and DVDS, I was the one to take care we had all audio – and video – material we needed.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (SBAR (IN Because)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBN possessed)
(NP (NP (NN everything))
(VP (VBG concerning)
(NP (NNS CDs) (CC and) (NNS DVDS))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN one))
(SBAR (S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB take)
(NP (NN care))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP we))
(VP (AUX had)
(NP (NP (DT all) (JJ audio) (PRN (: -) (CC and) (JJ video) (: -)) (NN material))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP we))
(VP (VBD needed)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Changmin: Since I didn’t feel any pain throughout the time when I possessed Regenerative powers, my brain seemed to forget how to cope with pain.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NNP Changmin)) (: :)
(SBAR (IN Since)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX did) (RB n't)
(VP (VB feel)
(NP (DT any) (NN pain))
(PP (IN throughout)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN time))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBN possessed)
(NP (JJ Regenerative) (NNS powers)))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN brain))
(VP (VBD seemed)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB forget)
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB how))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB cope)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NN pain)))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
According to pre – Christian Mandan beliefs, each person possessed four different, immortal souls.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (PP (VBG According)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NN pre))))
(: -)
(NP (NP (NNP Christian) (NNP Mandan) (NNS beliefs)) (, ,)
(NP (NP (DT each) (NN person))
(VP (VBN possessed)
(NP (CD four) (JJ different) (, ,) (JJ immortal) (NNS souls)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And if every person who had wronged (by disbelieving in Allah and by worshipping others besides Allah), possessed all that is on earth, and sought to ransom himself therewith (it will not be accepted), and they would feel in their hearts regret when they see the torment, and they will be judged with justice, and no wrong will be done unto them. (10:54) Not only are they willing to give the entire earth, but they will be willing to give twice that much.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (CC And)
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (NP (DT every) (NN person))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (AUX had)
(VP (VBN wronged) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(SBAR (IN by)
(S (VP (VBG disbelieving)
(PP (PP (IN in)
(NP (NNP Allah)))
(CC and)
(PP (IN by)
(NP (NP (NN worshipping) (NNS others))
(PP (IN besides)
(NP (NNP Allah)))
(-RRB- -RRB-))))
(, ,)
(VP (VBN possessed)
(NP (NP (DT all))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (VP (AUX is)
(PP (IN on)
(NP (NN earth))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(VP (VBD sought)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NN ransom)))
(S (S (NP (PRP himself))
(ADJP (ADJP (JJ therewith)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (MD will) (RB not)
(VP (AUX be)
(VP (VBN accepted)))))
(-RRB- -RRB-))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (VB feel)
(SBAR (IN in)
(S (NP (PRP$ their) (NNS hearts))
(VP (VBP regret)
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBP see)
(NP (DT the) (VB torment))))
(, ,) (CC and)
(S (S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (VP (MD will)
(VP (AUX be)
(VP (VBN judged)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NP (NN justice)) (PRN (, ,)
(S (CC and)
(NP (DT no) (JJ wrong))
(VP (MD will)
(VP (VB be)
(VP (VBN done)
(VP (VBG unto)
(NP (PRP them)))
(. .)) (-LRB- -LRB-)
(NP (CD 10:54)) (-RRB- -RRB-))))
(CONJP (RB Not) (RB only))
(VP (VBP are)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(ADJP (JJ willing)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB give)
(NP (DT the) (JJ entire) (NN earth))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (MD will)
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (JJ willing)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB give) (ADVP (RB twice))
(NP (DT that) (JJ much)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I came across this pic below of Onyx who was among the characters that I loved best and the first Golden Girl which I possessed.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD came)
(PP (IN across)
(NP (DT this) (NNP pic)))
(PP (IN below) (IN of)
(NP (NP (NP (NNP Onyx))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (AUX was)
(PP (IN among)
(NP (DT the) (NNS characters)))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD loved) (ADVP (RB best)))
(CC and)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ first) (NNP Golden) (NNP Girl))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT which))
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBN possessed)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
To start fresh, I’d truly be blessed, well ok I’m possessed, But guess what… &…
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (VP (TO To)
(VP (VB start)
(ADJP (JJ fresh)))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD 'd) (ADVP (RB truly))
(VP (AUX be)
(VP (VBN blessed) (, ,) (INTJ (UH well) (UH ok)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VP (AUX 'm)
(VP (VBN possessed)))
(, ,) (CC But)
(VP (VBP guess)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP what))
(S (VP (VBZ ..)))
(. .)) (CC &) (INTJ (UH ..)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I wished, with everything I possessed, to die.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBD wished) (PRN (, ,)
(SBAR (IN with) (NN everything)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBN possessed))))
(, ,))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB die)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I totally jam out to this while driving, blasting it loud and dancing in my seat, singing aloud like no one else is around me even though the old man in the mercury next to me at the red light is staring like I’m possessed.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB totally))
(VP (NN jam) (PRT (RP out))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT this)))
(SBAR (IN while)
(S (VP (VBG driving) (, ,)
(S (VP (VP (VBG blasting)
(NP (PRP it)) (ADVP (RB loud)))
(CC and)
(VP (VBG dancing)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN seat)))
(, ,)
(S (VP (VBG singing) (ADVP (RB aloud))
(SBAR (IN like)
(S (NP (NP (DT no) (NN one)) (ADVP (RB else)))
(VP (AUX is)
(PP (IN around)
(NP (PRP me)))
(SBAR (RB even) (IN though)
(S (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ old) (NN man))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN mercury)))
(ADVP (JJ next)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (PRP me))))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (DT the) (JJ red) (NN light))))
(VP (AUX is)
(VP (VBG staring)
(SBAR (IN like)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX 'm)
(VP (VBN possessed)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
What in me needed this to happen? took courage I didn’t think I possessed.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (WHNP (WP What))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (PRP me))
(VP (VBN needed)
(S (NP (DT this))
(VP (TO to)
(VP (VB happen))))
(. ?)
(VP (VBD took)
(NP (NP (NN courage))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX did) (RB n't)
(VP (VB think)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBN possessed))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
My job has given me so much confidence that I didn’t even know I possessed.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP$ My) (NN job))
(VP (AUX has)
(VP (VBN given)
(NP (PRP me))
(NP (ADJP (RB so) (JJ much)) (NN confidence)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX did) (RB n't) (ADVP (RB even))
(VP (VB know)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBN possessed)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Loqman said to his son when he acceded to the throne: My son, if you possessed all virtues except forbearance, you would still a feather blown in the wind, a toy in the hands of your subjects.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NNP Loqman))
(VP (VBD said)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN son)))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD acceded)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT the) (NN throne)))
(: :)
(S (NP (PRP$ My) (NN son)) (, ,)
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (VBN possessed)
(NP (NP (DT all) (NNS virtues))
(PP (IN except)
(NP (NN forbearance))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP you))
(VP (MD would) (ADVP (RB still))
(NP (NP (NP (DT a) (NN feather))
(VP (VBN blown)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NN wind)))))
(, ,)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN toy))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNS hands))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ your) (NNS subjects))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I was possessed.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN possessed)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I haven’t got the self-confidence that I once possessed, I can *n’t just walk up to somebody I find attractive and say “You’re gorgeous, how about it?
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX have) (RB n't)
(VP (VBN got)
(NP (DT the) (NN self-confidence)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP I)) (ADVP (RB once))
(VP (VBN possessed) (PRN (, ,)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD can)
(VP (NNP *) (RB n't)
(VP (VP (ADVP (RB just)) (VB walk) (PRT (RP up))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (NN somebody))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (VBP find)
(ADJP (JJ attractive)))))
(CC and)
(VP (VB say)))
('' ') ('' ')
(S (NP (PRP You))
(VP (AUX 're)
(ADJP (JJ gorgeous))))
(, ,)) (FRAG (WHADVP (WRB how))
(PP (IN about)
(NP (PRP it))))
(. ?)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I was possessed!
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN possessed)))
(. !)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It felt like I was possessed or something * g *.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP It))
(VP (VBD felt)
(SBAR (IN like)
(S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN possessed) (CC or) (NN something)
(NP (NNP *) (NNP g) (NNP *))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Due to her fight with her mother, she hadn’t been able to actually have breakfast and, unlike most teenage girls, Lily ate frequently and in large amounts, something that defied logic given that she possessed the type of body that most women paid doctors to acquire: ample chest, small waist, and long legs with cheekbones that were usually only found on runway models.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (ADJP (JJ Due)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (PRP$ her) (NN fight))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (PRP$ her) (NN mother))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP she))
(VP (AUX had) (RB n't)
(VP (AUX been)
(ADJP (JJ able)
(S (VP (TO to) (ADVP (RB actually))
(VP (AUX have)
(NP (NP (NP (NN breakfast) (CC and) (PRN (, ,)
(S (PP (IN unlike)
(NP (JJS most) (JJ teenage) (NNS girls)))
(, ,)
(NP (NNP Lily))
(VP (VBD ate) (UCP (ADVP (RB frequently)) (CC and)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (JJ large) (NNS amounts)))
(, ,)) (NN something))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (VBD defied)
(NP (NN logic))
(PP (VBN given)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP she))
(VP (VBN possessed)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN type))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN body)))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (JJS most) (NNS women))
(VP (VBD paid)
(S (NP (NNS doctors))
(VP (TO to)
(VP (VB acquire))))
(: :)
(NP (NP (JJ ample) (NN chest)) (, ,)
(NP (JJ small) (NN waist)) (, ,) (CC and)
(NP (JJ long) (NNS legs))))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NP (NNS cheekbones))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (AUX were) (ADVP (RB usually))
(VP (ADVP (RB only)) (VBN found)
(PP (IN on)
(NP (NN runway) (NNS models)))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
According to the “Albuquerque Journal” on Thursday, November 9, 2006, Wilson possessed a 1,300 – plus – vote lead with 99 % of the votes counted.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (PP (VBG According)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT the) ('' '')
(NP (NP (NNP Albuquerque) (NNP Journal)) ('' '')
(PP (IN on)
(NP (NP (NNP Thursday)) (, ,)
(NP (NNP November) (CD 9) (, ,) (CD 2006)))))
(, ,)
(NP (NNP Wilson))
(VP (VBN possessed)
(NP (DT a) (CD 1,300))))
(: -) (CC plus) (FRAG (: -)
(VP (VB vote)
(S (VP (VB lead)
(PP (IN with)
(NP (NP (CD 99) (NN %))
(PP (IN of)
(S (NP (DT the) (NNS votes))
(VP (VBN counted)))
(. .))))
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